at is impossible. Fitzgerald shows Gatsby's ambitions through
             the thoughts of Nick Carraway, a close friend of Gatsby's, "He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she
             should go to Tom and say: 'I never loved you.' After, ... they could... go back to Louisville and be married
             from her house-just as if it were five years ago." (p.111) This states the ultimate goal of Gatsby. He wants
             and thinks Daisy loves him, basing it upon the past experiences. This nostalgic attitude of a tendency to go
             towards the past is where Fitzgerald points out one of the Dream's errs. On the surface, this quixotic
             attitude is admirable and comparative to those ideal images of ancient knights displaying chivalry. Yet, -
             knights, chivalry, Don Quixote etc.- are all retroactively inclined, while the supposed American Dream is
             progressively inclined. In other words: accordingly, an admirable "American Dream pursuer" and his
             representative imageries want to go toward the past, yet the principles of the American Dream by definition
             flag progress through change for the better and change towards the future. This is the fundamental conflict
             in direction, of which Fitzgerald writes to point out the disfunction of the American Dream. Fitzgerald
             writes as reinforcement, using an exchange between Nick and Gatsby, " 'I wouldn't ask too much of her...
             You can't repeat the past.' 'Can't repeat the past?' he [Gatsby] cried incredulously. "Why of course you
             can!'" (p. 111) This was a piece of advice Gatsby chooses not to pay heed to. Other than the obvious fact
             that turning back the clock is impossible, Gatsby wants to go back to something that doesn't exist. Daisy
             never did and never would truly love him, so ultimately, she won't be able to live up to his standards, since
             the prerequisite to his standards (that Daisy...